Languages and Their Features Quiz

Languages and Their Locations

• Mandarin Chinese is the language with the most native speakers globally.
• Persian (Farsi) is the official language of Iran.
• Amharic is spoken in Ethiopia.
• Swahili (along with English) is the official language of Kenya.
• Icelandic is the language spoken in Iceland.
• Hebrew is the official language of Israel.
• Thai is spoken in Thailand.
• Finnish (along with Swedish) is the official language of Finland.
• Hungarian is the language spoken in Hungary.
• Pashto and Dari are the official languages of Afghanistan.

Language Features

• Japanese is known for its complex system of honorifics.
• Dzongkha is the official language of Bhutan.
• Latvian is spoken in Latvia.
• Maltese (along with English) is the official language of Malta.
• Khmer is spoken in Cambodia.
• Luxembourgish (along with French and German) is the official language of Luxembourg.
• Burmese is spoken in Myanmar.
• Nepali is the official language of Nepal.
• Georgian is spoken in Georgia.
• Sinhala and Tamil are the official languages of Sri Lanka.
• Mandarin Chinese is known for its use of tones to distinguish meaning.
• Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia.
• Malagasy is spoken in Madagascar.
• Kazakh (along with Russian) is the official language of Kazakhstan.
• Armenian is spoken in Armenia.
• Azerbaijani is the official language of Azerbaijan.
• Kyrgyz (along with Russian) is spoken in Kyrgyzstan.
• Tajik is the official language of Tajikistan.
• Turkmen is spoken in Turkmenistan.
• Uzbek is the official language of Uzbekistan.
• Korean is known for its unique script called Hangul.
• Lao is the official language of Laos.
• Malay is spoken in Brunei.
• Tetum (along with Portuguese) is the official language of East Timor (Timor-Leste).
• Tok Pisin (along with English and Hiri Motu) is spoken in Papua New Guinea.
• Fijian (along with English and Hindi) is the official language of Fiji.
• Bislama (along with English and French) is spoken in Vanuatu.
• Dhivehi is the official language of the Maldives.
• Seychellois Creole (along with English and French) is spoken in Seychelles.
• Dutch is the official language of Suriname.